Remembrance: Rachel Corrie 1979-2003



I would never call it final a resting place

the spot where she was crushed and smashed

into the landscape of a brutal Occupation

I would call it the restless spot

the place where a soul's liberation rises above

the one act that could best depict

the oppression she stood so firm against

Though crushed and smashed

oppression did not smash her spirit

and leaving traces of herself

beyond the mortal bruises

her unholy sacrifice

reclaims the spirit of non violent resistance

We pick up bits and pieces

We scoop up Rachel

and carry her along

We sing her spirit's song



What else do we do ?

Do we drive over other young women?

Do we blow ourselves up?

Do we tear down all of the homes in an entire town?

to build more walls and ghettoes?

In a restless place

there is Soul

that rises above hatred

and hovers in righteousness

and has no vengeance

only longing longing longing

for a peaceful

resting place.

In remembrance, Rachel Corrie 1979-2003



Mary La Rosa

March 16 2005